FACULTY CONTRACT PERIODS	No. 3-16	Rev. 8-4-87
		Date 8-17-77

OLD VERSION

POLICY

A. Nine-month faculty appointments cover employment for any three of the four quarters in the twelve-month academic year including Autumn year-opening meetings. Each of the quarterly commitments includes instruction and examination days as scheduled by the University. Spring Quarter encompasses commencement exercises.

B. The professional commitment of all faculty will include a variety of activities that often take place on other than instruction and examination days. Examples inlcude the following:

Professional development Evaluation of students

Student advisement Committee work

Curriculum development Research

Preparation for instruction Field trips

Evaluation of instruction Professional community service

It is understood that many of these activities may be scheduled by the department, college or University administration and that faculty are expected to attend the activities to which they are assigned as part of the salary commitment. Faculty are committed to a nine-month equivalent obligation, even though not all of their activities are performed during instruction and examination days.

C. Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters will be considered equal in terms of proportion of salary earned. Where an appointment begins, changes or terminates during the year of the appointment, the salary will be prorated based on the number of instruction and examination days employed and the total number of instruction and examination days in that quarter.